Review Policy

I am currently accepting review request, but I am only accepting very few requests.

I rarely participate in tours, cover reveals, guest posts, interviews and giveaways. In most cases I will only participate in your tour, interviews etc if I accept the author’s book for review or already have read it or another book by the author.

I don’t accept beta reads at the moment.

What to include/mention when you send me a review request
When you send me a review request please at least include the blurb, author name and the link to your book on Goodreads or Amazon. Based on these I will determine if I want to read and review your book. Please don’t send me your book before I have agreed to review it. If you don’t hear back from me within a week it’s usually safe to assume I am not interested in reading your book.

Also if you want me to read and review a book that’s not the first in a series, please make sure I have already read the earlier books and if I haven’t, I would appreciate it if you also provide review copies of the earlier books. I like to read a series in order.

Which genres do I accept and which not?
I accept review request for books in the following age categories:
– Middle Grade
– Young Adult
– New Adult
– Adult

I also accept some request from other genres. If your book doesn’t fall in one of these genres you can still send me a review request, I am open to reading most genres. I determine whether I want to read a book based on the cover, blurb and reviews of other reviews on Goodreads.

I rarely read non-fiction books, but I am trying to read more of them lately. Non-fiction books I am more likely to accept are: adult colouring books or books about book promotion/ self publishing.

I am not a fan of really dark reads, books which contain torture scenes, gruesome details or suicide aren’t for me usually. I also can’t stand reading about animal cruelty or animal violence. I don’t mind reading about dark world, but don’t deal well with reading about dark characters. While I still might accept your review request if it contains any of these I would appreciate a warning beforehand if your book contains those, so I know what to expect and can skip over the scene.
If you’re not sure if I would like your book, please just send me an e-mail.

Which format do I prefer?
I accept e-copies and audiobooks for review. I accept e-copies in both epub and mobi format.

What are my reviews like?
My reviews include:
– My honest opinion, even if I get a book for review or know the author or even if I am friend with the author I will always write an honest review. I won’t bash a book or author, but I do give my opinion. Basically I tell what I did like and what I didn’t like and I always emphasize it’s my opinion.
– Title, author name and series name if applicable
– age category, genre and type of romance the book has
– The cover image of the book
– The blurb of the book, I copy the blurb from goodreads
– A rating, how much I enjoyed the book (from 1 book= really didn’t like it till 5 books= loved it). Although I do include ratings in my review, this is only an indication of how much I liked it. The actual review described what I liked and what I didn’t like. So there still can be huge differences in how much I liked two books which got the same rating.
– Links to where to find the book on Goodreads, Amazon, B&N and Kobo depending on which sites your book is available.
– A question loosely related to the book to get the conversation going

I usually construct my review as follows: I start my review with a small introduction (for example why I read the book or what was good about it) and then discuss 4 elements that are important for me in a book: story, characters, romance and world building. I always end my reviews with a conclusion in which I summarize the most important good and bad points about the book.

Where do I post my reviews?
I post my review always on Goodreads and my blog. I share links to my blog posts on Google+, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter.

I try to post my reviews on Amazon.com, B&N and Kobo as well if your book is one there. Although sometimes I forget, feel free to remind me if I haven’t cross posted a review of your book.

How soon do I read your book?
I am a mood reader, so I read whatever I am in the mood for. This can mean I start a book immediately after I got it for review or months (or years) later. If you want me to review your book before a certain date please let me know and I do my best to review it before that date.

Also I try to read all the books I get for review, but sometimes it happens that I accepted a book for review, but my taste in books changes and then later I don’t want to read that book anymore.

What do I do when I don’t like your book?
If I don’t like a book I always send an e-mail to the author to explain the situation. I will still post my review on Goodreads and my blog. If the book in question is for a blog tour stop I gladly post an excerpt during my stop instead and post the review after the blog tour has ended.

What happens when I DNF (Did Not Finish) your book?
I won’t post reviews of books I didn’t finish on my blog. I do write reviews for books I DNF on Goodreads, but I usually won’t post the full review DNF on my blog. I will however post a recap post at the end of each year where I list the books I DNF’d that year and why. Reviews for books I DNF are usually shorter than reviews for books I did finish and I will always mention till what page or % I read. Also these reviews won’t be as long as normal reviews and will mostly serve as the purpose to explain why I didn’t like the book and couldn’t finish it. I don’t give rating to books I didn’t finish as I feel it’s not fair to rate a book I didn’t finish.

Thanks for reading my review policy, I really appreciate it!

This review policy is last updated 27 November 2018. This review policy is subject to change.

For a review request send an e-mail to: lolabookreviews(at)gmail(dot)com

About Me and contact

Lola's Reviews is a book blog run by Lola. On the about me page you can find out more about me.
If you want me to review your book, please read my review policy. You can e-mail me at: lolabookreviews(at)gmail(dot)com
I also own a blog tour company called Lola's Blog Tours.

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